Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Hall / Institute
- District
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Town
- Dinnington
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 24th November 1923
Attended by: COL SIR JOSEPH REED - Foundation Stone
Date: 29th September 1923
Attended by: MR THOMAS SIMPSON - Show More (1)
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 34351
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Current location
Near village hall
Dinnington
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne And Wear
NE13 7LD
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 20869 73447
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Single storey red brick war memorial institute comprising billiard room, games room and reading room. Tablet with names on gable end facing main street
- Inscription
- 1923/ DINNINGTON VILLAGE WAR/ MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Hall, James L
Holmes, Robert A
Hutchinson, Geoffrey D
Nicholson, F
Rochester, Joseph
Young, Robert
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Hall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Tablet
Measurements: height 3FT, width 2FT
Materials: Stone
- Hall
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- MORPETH HERALD by N/A 30/11/23 Source: Media Library Published:N/A MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND
- WMSD10.3
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